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> The bylaws are 10 pages long and cover just about every eventuality the group might encounter I predict they will find out this is very much not true. I have seen 1000 pages fail to do this.
The Seward Cafe in Minneapolis has running successfully as a "cooperatively owned, collectively operated restaurant and community-oriented venue" for 49 years. https://www.sewardcafe.com
https://www.hellskitcheninc.com/#about-us-employee-owned-sec...
One thing that I never understood was, if an employees wages are tied to the success of the company, would that not incentivize better work ethic as a whole? That is how it works in the start-up world. You get equity, you have literally invested in the company, and you know that your work should (in theory) directly benefit you financially. Instead we end up in a system where the employee/employer relationship is inh…
The Seward Cafe in Minneapolis has running successfully as a "cooperatively owned, collectively operated restaurant and community-oriented venue" for 49 years. https://www.sewardcafe.com
Edit: I encourage downvoters to actually try to read the linked page before downvoting me. It’s incredibly unreadable.
The Seward Cafe in Minneapolis has running successfully as a "cooperatively owned, collectively operated restaurant and community-oriented venue" for 49 years. https://www.sewardcafe.com
also Hell's Kitchen (since 2020), downtown MPLS https://www.hellskitcheninc.com/#about-us-employee-owned-sec...
Video about the co-op
Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the western US, Winco is a pretty large grocery store owned by employees.
Publix is employee-owned in the South, but some own a lot more than others.
Wonderful story, thanks for sharing. Do you know any worker-owned food businesses? Share in the comments! In Preston, UK, we have The Larder. Not sure about the ownership model but it is a social enterprise working on food justice: https://larder.org.uk/